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Owen Jones’ *Examples of Chinese Ornament* (1867)
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Design & Typography

Owen Jones’ Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867)

Book of French Textile Samples (1863)
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Design & Typography

Book of French Textile Samples (1863)

Details from Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss (1908)
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Love & Lust

Details from Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss (1908)

Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)
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Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)

Many-Colored Misdirection: *Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom* (1909)
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Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Science & Medicine

Many-Colored Misdirection: Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom (1909)

Alfred G. Mayer’s *On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies* (1897)
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Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

Alfred G. Mayer’s On the Color and Color-Patterns of Moths and Butterflies (1897)

Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)
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Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Fashion

Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)

Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)
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Design & Typography

Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)

Essays
Redressing the Balance: Levinus Vincent’s Wonder Theatre of Nature

Redressing the Balance: Levinus Vincent’s Wonder Theatre of Nature

By Bert van de Roemer

Bert van de Roemer explores the curiosity cabinet of the Dutch collector Levinus Vincent and how the aesthetic drive behind his meticulous ordering of the contents was in essence religious, an attempt to emphasise the wonder of God's creations by restoring the natural world to its prelapsarian harmony. more

20 Aug 2014
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